Dean Windass
{{short description|English footballer (born 1969)}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Dean Windass
| image = Dean Windass 05-12-2011 1.jpg
| image_size = 200
| caption = Windass in 2011
| fullname = Dean Windass{{cite book |editor-first=Barry J. |editor-last=Hugman |title=The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11 |year=2010 |publisher=Mainstream Publishing |location=Edinburgh |isbn=978-1-84596-601-0 |page=442}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|4|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kingston upon Hull, England
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}
| position = Midfielder/striker
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Hull City
| years1 = 1990–1991
| clubs1 = North Ferriby United
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 1991–1995
| clubs2 = Hull City
| caps2 = 176
| goals2 = 57
| years3 = 1995–1998
| clubs3 = Aberdeen
| caps3 = 73
| goals3 = 21
| years4 = 1998–1999
| clubs4 = Oxford United
| caps4 = 33
| goals4 = 15
| years5 = 1999–2001
| clubs5 = Bradford City
| caps5 = 74
| goals5 = 15
| years6 = 2001–2003
| clubs6 = Middlesbrough
| caps6 = 37
| goals6 = 3
| years7 = 2001
| clubs7 = → Sheffield Wednesday (loan)
| caps7 = 2
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2002
| clubs8 = → Sheffield United (loan)
| caps8 = 4
| goals8 = 3
| years9 = 2003
| clubs9 = Sheffield United
| caps9 = 16
| goals9 = 3
| years10 = 2003–2007
| clubs10 = Bradford City
| caps10 = 142
| goals10 = 60
| years11 = 2007
| clubs11 = → Hull City (loan)
| caps11 = 18
| goals11 = 8
| years12 = 2007–2009
| clubs12 = Hull City
| caps12 = 42
| goals12 = 12
| years13 = 2009
| clubs13 = → Oldham Athletic (loan)
| caps13 = 11
| goals13 = 1
| years14 = 2009
| clubs14 = Darlington
| caps14 = 6
| goals14 = 0
| years15 = 2010
| clubs15 = Barton Town Old Boys
| caps15 =
| goals15 =
| years16 = 2010–2012
| clubs16 = Scarborough Athletic
| caps16 =
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| years17 = 2012
| clubs17 =
| caps17 =
| goals17 =
| totalcaps = 634
| totalgoals = 198
| manageryears1 = 2003
| managerclubs1 = Bradford City (joint caretaker)
| manageryears2 = 2019
| managerclubs2 = East Hull
}}
Dean Windass (born 1 April 1969) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played spells at Bradford City and contributed to his hometown team Hull City's promotion to the Premier League in 2008.
Windass started his footballing career as a trainee at his hometown club, Hull City, and signed his first professional contract there. He scored 64 goals in 205 games for Hull, and, when he left, he brought the club a record transfer fee at the time, going on to play in the top divisions in both English and Scottish football. Later in his career, he returned to Hull City, and scored the only goal of the 2008 Football League Championship play-off final to take them to the top flight for the first time in their history.
Windass also had two spells at Bradford City, where he became the club's third-highest scorer of all time. He has also played for Aberdeen, Oxford United, Middlesbrough, Sheffield Wednesday, Sheffield United, and Oldham Athletic. He is seen as a controversial player, once being sent off three times in a game for Aberdeen, as well as grabbing another opponent's testicles in a match at Bradford City.
Windass scored his last Premier League goal at the age of 39, becoming Hull City's oldest-ever scorer. He officially announced his retirement from the game on 19 October 2009, but hoped to carry on with a career in coaching. He briefly worked as player-coach, under former manager Colin Todd at Darlington, but the pair only lasted nine games in charge.
He came out of retirement and played for Barton Town Old Boys before joining Scarborough Athletic on a game-by-game deal. In 2012 he began playing for AFC Walkington in the Premier Division of the East Riding League, where his ex-teammate Leigh Palin is the manager.[http://www.hu17.net/2012/09/06/hull-city-legend-windass-sings-for-walkington/ Hull City Legend Windass Signs For Walkington]
Personal life
Windass was born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, and grew up in the Gipsyville area of the city. His parents, John and Doreen, divorced when he was thirteen years old.{{cite web
|last=Butler
|first=Mark
|url=http://www.beyondleeds.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86&Itemid=82
|title=To Hull and Back
|publisher=beyondleeds.co.uk
|access-date=28 May 2008
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511130057/http://www.beyondleeds.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86&Itemid=82
|archive-date=11 May 2008
|url-status=dead
}} He regularly attended Hull City matches at Boothferry Park, and played football, cricket and hockey for his school. Windass credits his wife, Helen, a police officer, also from Hull, with devising his fitness and diet regimes.{{cite news
| last = Taylor
| first = Louise
| url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/may/24/championship.hullcity
| title=From Birds Eye and building to a shot at the top
| work = The Guardian
| date = 24 May 2008
| access-date=28 May 2008
| location=London}} They met in 1992, married on 31 July 1993,{{cite web
| last = Jackson
| first = Kate
| url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2008/05/28/premier-league-hull-exclusive-meet-the-newest-wag-wpc-windass-89520-20432150/
| title=Meet the newest WAG – Wpc Windass
| work = The Mirror
| date = 28 May 2008
| access-date=28 May 2008}}{{dead link|date=May 2015}} and had two sons, Josh, who also became a professional footballer, and Jordan.{{cite news |url=https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/sports/2018/05/10/reliving-dream-hull-legend-windass/ |title=Reliving the dream with Hull legend Windass |website=Capital FM (Kenya) |date=10 May 2018 |access-date=25 August 2020}} After 18 years his marriage to Helen ended.{{cite news
| title = Dean Windass reveals he has attempted suicide
| url = http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16566561.stm
| work = BBC Sport
| date = 15 January 2012
| access-date = 16 January 2012}} Windass revealed he attempted suicide twice during January 2012, having battled with alcohol and depression following his retirement from playing.
In January 2025, it was revealed that Windass has been diagnosed with Stage 2 dementia.{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Mark |date=10 January 2025 |title=Former Premier League star, 55, diagnosed with dementia, reveals ex-Man Utd ace |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/dean-windass-dementia-david-may-34458475 |access-date=10 January 2025 |website=The Mirror }}
Windass completed his UEFA A and B football coaching licences.{{cite news |last=Fletcher |first=Paul |title=What Dean Windass did next |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulfletcher/2009/02/what_dean_windass_did_next.html |work=BBC Sport |date=3 February 2009 |access-date=13 December 2016}}
Playing career
=Hull City=
Windass started his footballing career as a YTS trainee at Hull City before being released by manager Brian Horton. He had unsuccessful trials at professional clubs Sunderland, Cambridge United, and York City{{cite book
| last = Markham
| first = David
| title = The legends of Bradford City
| publisher = Breedon Books Sport
| year = 2007
| isbn = 978-1-85983-572-2
| page = 117}} and instead started playing for non-league North Ferriby United while also having to work on building sites and packing frozen peas.{{cite web |url=http://www.hullcityafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10338~5549,00.html |title=Dean Windass |year=2007 |publisher=Hull City OWS |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222010156/http://www.hullcityafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0%2C%2C10338~5549%2C00.html |archive-date=22 December 2008 }} He was brought back to Hull City by manager Terry Dolan in October 1991, entering professional league football at the relatively late age of 22. He initially played in midfield for the Tigers and later as a forward, playing 205 games and scoring 64 goals,{{cite web |url=http://www.hullcityafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10338~967050,00.html |title=Windass Deal Completed |year=2007 |publisher=Hull City OWS |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421152517/http://www.hullcityafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10338~967050%2C00.html |archive-date=21 April 2008 }} becoming a firm fans' favourite – in a 2005 poll to name the top 100 Tigers, Windass was named the fourth best player in the club's 100-year history.{{cite web |url=http://www.hullcityafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10338~640167,00.html |title=The Top 100 Tigers |year=2005 |publisher=Hull City OWS |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421152522/http://www.hullcityafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10338~640167%2C00.html |archive-date=21 April 2008 }} In December 1995, with the club in financial difficulty, he was sold to Aberdeen for £700,000.
=Aberdeen=
During his time at Aberdeen, Windass was a popular player,{{citation needed|date=June 2009}} though he gained a reputation as a player who often got into trouble with the authorities. On 9 November 1997, during a league game with Dundee United, Windass was shown three red cards – once for foul play (having previously been booked); another for verbally abusing the referee; and a third for taking out his frustration on a corner flag as he left the field – for which he received a six-match ban.{{cite web|last=Gripper |first=Ann |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/2008/05/26/3pm-10-things-you-need-to-know-about-hull-s-dean-windass-89520-20430509/ |title=10 Things you need to know about Hull's Dean Windass |work=The Mirror |date=28 May 2008 |access-date=28 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205144154/http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/2008/05/26/3pm-10-things-you-need-to-know-about-hull-s-dean-windass-89520-20430509/ |archive-date=5 February 2009 }} This game was the club's last match under the management of Roy Aitken,{{cite web|url=http://www.keyscot.myby.co.uk/mydonshell/aitken.htm |title=My Dons Hell |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050930205211/http://www.keyscot.myby.co.uk/mydonshell/aitken.htm |archive-date=30 September 2005 }} and Windass himself was to move on at the end of the season. In the three years he spent at Aberdeen he scored 21 goals in 72 league appearances, and a total of 31 goals in 92 appearances in all competitions.{{cite web | url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/CurrentSquad/player_show.cfm?player_id=189&Season=1997-98|title=Dean Windass|website=AFCHeritage.org|access-date=3 November 2016}}
=Oxford United=
In July 1998, he moved to Oxford United for a club record £475,000. He won a Division One Player of the Month award, and scored 15 goals in 33 league games in his nine months with the club, but was unable to prevent them from relegation to Division Two at the end of the 1998–99 season.
=Bradford City=
He transferred to Bradford City in March 1999 for an initial fee of £950,000 as manager Paul Jewell looked to build his squad for a promotion push to reach the Premiership. He helped Bradford City to runners-up position in Division One in 1998–99 and thus gain promotion to the top division for the first time in 77 years. Promotion meant his transfer fee rose to £1 million, and he became the club's third seven-figure signing of the season. During the summer, Windass opted not to go on holiday and instead continued to train in preparation for his own first season in the top flight. His dedication was rewarded as he was the club's top scorer in their first season in the Premiership with ten goals, including a hat-trick in a 4–4 draw with Derby County.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/721985.stm |title=Bradford 4–4 Derby |date=21 April 2000 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=15 July 2009}} City avoided relegation on the final day of the 1999–2000 season, when they defeated Liverpool 1–0 thanks to a header from David Wetherall.
Paul Jewell left City in the days following City's successful battle against relegation and his assistant manager Chris Hutchings was appointed new manager. Hutchings was given money by chairman Geoffrey Richmond to spend on new players, which included new strikers Benito Carbone and Ashley Ward. Windass' appearances flipped between midfield and forward but with the club facing relegation he was sold to Middlesbrough in March 2001 for £600,000. He still finished the season as the club's top scorer—his eight goals included three in the UEFA Intertoto Cup and one in a 2–0 victory over Chelsea, which proved to be Hutchings' only league victory before he was sacked in November.
=Middlesbrough and Sheffield United=
Windass said the move to Middlesbrough was the highlight of his career, but his debut (on which he scored against Chelsea){{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/1249429.stm
|title=Chelsea survive 'Boro scare
|publisher=BBC
|date=31 March 2001 |access-date=10 June 2024}} was delayed due to a back injury he picked up lifting a bag out of the car,{{cite news
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/aug/11/premierleague2
|title=Keep the shorts on as life begins at 40
|date=11 August 2008
|access-date=11 August 2008
| work = The Guardian
| location=London}} and his league appearances were restricted to just 38 as he failed to become a first-team regular at the Riverside, and instead spent periods on loan at Sheffield Wednesday and rivals Sheffield United, before a permanent move to Sheffield United in January 2003 after an approach from his former teammate Stuart McCall who was assistant at United. Windass helped the Blades to the play-offs but he was dropped by manager Neil Warnock for the final, opting instead to watch his side's 3–0 defeat by Wolves in a pub. He decided not to stay at United and instead returned to Bradford City, now under the management of Nicky Law, in July 2003.
=Return to Bradford City=
Windass' second spell at Bradford City was equally as successful on a personal scale and he climbed to the club's third highest scorer in its history. City's fortunes on and off the pitch were poor, and with the club unable to pay money for players, relegation to Division Two followed. In 2004–05 Windass scored 28 goals to be the top scorer in the Football League although the club could only finish in mid-table. The following season Windass added another 20 goals as Bradford City matched the previous season's 13th place finish.
Windass remained a controversial character and in September 2006, on FIFA Fair Play Day, he was accused of grabbing fellow professional John Finnigan by the testicles during Bradford City's 2–1 win over Cheltenham Town. Finnigan was then sent off for violent conduct after hitting Windass.{{cite news|url=http://www.footballersareidiots.co.uk/2006/09/25/windass-grabs-victory-by-the-balls/ |title=Windass Grabs Victory by the Balls |access-date=25 September 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061013135745/http://www.footballersareidiots.co.uk/2006/09/25/windass-grabs-victory-by-the-balls/ |archive-date=13 October 2006 |url-status=dead }} Earlier that year he had received a five game ban for abusing referee Darren Drysdale in the Valley Parade car park after a drawn game against Brentford.{{cite news
| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/4673282.stm
| title=Five-game suspension for Windass
| publisher = BBC
| work = BBC Sport
| date = 2 February 2006
| access-date=28 May 2008}}
Despite persistent speculation about a return to Hull City, and repeated bids of up to £500,000 from Premiership Wigan Athletic by former manager Paul Jewell,{{cite news | publisher = BBC | work = BBC Sport | title = Todd leaves decision to Windass|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wigan_athletic/4183102.stm | date=25 August 2005 | access-date=2 January 2010}}{{cite news | publisher = BBC | work = BBC Sport | title = Bantams refused Wigan Windass bid|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/5323094.stm | date=7 September 2006 | access-date=2 January 2010}} on 19 October 2006 he signed an extension to his Bradford City contract until 2009,{{cite news | publisher = BBC | work = BBC Sport | title = Windass signs new Bradford deal |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/6069084.stm | date=20 October 2006 | access-date=2 January 2010}} stating an ambition to score the 40 goals he needs to become the club's all-time top scorer by the time his new contract ends.
However, on 17 January 2007, it was confirmed that Windass would return to Hull City on loan until the end of the season.{{cite news | publisher = BBC | work = BBC Sport | title = Hull capture Windass in loan deal|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hull_city/6270951.stm | date=17 January 2007 | access-date=2 January 2010}} The money Hull paid for the loan deal and the savings Bradford made on Windass' wages ensured Bradford City chairman Julian Rhodes could pay urgent bills. He was not to return to Bradford City and he finished with 76 league goals and 87 goals in total. The tally puts him behind just Bobby Campbell and Frank O'Rourke in the club's goal scoring charts.
=Return to Hull City=
On returning to Hull City, he regained the cult status he previously earned at the club, as his eight goals helped to keep the Tigers in the Championship. His most vital strike of this loan spell was on 28 April 2007, the penultimate Saturday of the season, the only goal in the away win over Cardiff City. This left Hull City three points ahead of Leeds United with a vastly superior goal difference, meaning virtually certain Championship survival. However, in his absence Bradford City were relegated from League One to League Two. Windass finished the season as both clubs' top scorer, with 12 goals for Bradford City and eight for Hull City.{{cite web |url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Goalscorers/0,,10266~200610266,00.html |title=Club Statistics |publisher=Bradford City AFC |access-date=21 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421151152/http://www.bradfordcityfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Goalscorers/0%2C%2C10266~200610266%2C00.html |archive-date=21 April 2008 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.hullcityafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Goalscorers/0,,10338~200610338,00.html |title=Club Statistics |publisher=Hull City A.F.C. |access-date=21 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325030809/http://www.hullcityafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Goalscorers/0%2C%2C10338~200610338%2C00.html |archive-date=25 March 2008 }}
File:Dean Windass 2008-05-26.jpg after scoring the goal that sent the city's team into the top flight of English football for the first time in its history]]
At the end of the season, the two clubs entered protracted negotiations over the size of the transfer fee required to make the loan move a permanent one. On 19 June 2007, the transfer was completed, and Windass signed for Hull City on a two-year deal for an initial fee of £150,000, plus further add-ons based on appearances.{{cite web | url=http://www.hullcityafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10338~1054827,00.html | title=Deano's Back! | publisher=Hull City OWS | access-date=19 June 2007 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805054749/http://www.hullcityafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10338~1054827,00.html | archive-date=5 August 2012 }}
In October 2007, Windass' autobiography was published by Great Northern Books, entitled Deano – From Gipsyville to the Premiership, with a foreword from Bryan Robson.{{cite book | title=Deano | id={{ASIN|1905080298|country=uk}} }}
On 22 March 2008, in a match against Leicester City, Windass made his 700th career appearance.{{cite web |url=http://www.hullcityafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10338~38335,00.html |title=Leicester City vs Hull City |publisher=Hull City A.F.C. |access-date=28 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327095919/http://www.hullcityafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0%2C%2C10338~38335%2C00.html |archive-date=27 March 2008 }} On 11 May, he scored his 200th goal in English football, in the Championship play-off semi-final first leg against Watford.{{cite web |url=http://www.hullcityafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10338~5549,00.html |title=Dean Windass |publisher=Hull City A.F.C. |access-date=21 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724191104/http://www.hullcityafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0%2C%2C10338~5549%2C00.html |archive-date=24 July 2008 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2008/05/25/championship-play-off-final-bristol-city-0-hull-city-1-115875-20429283/|title=Deano breaks Robins' hearts|last=Stammers|first=Steve|date=25 May 2008|work=Sunday Mirror|access-date=21 August 2008}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2300189/Nicky-Barmby-takes-Hull-City-to-brink-of-final.html|title=Nicky Barmby takes Hull City to brink of final|last=McVay|first=David|date=12 May 2008|work=The Telegraph|access-date=21 August 2008 | location=London}} His 201st was a volley from the edge of the area in the play-off final at Wembley Stadium on 24 May 2008, giving Hull City a 1–0 win against Bristol City, which meant that Hull City were promoted to the Premier League for the first time in their 104-year history.{{cite news | first = Phil | last = McNulty | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/7416502.stm | title=Bristol City 0–1 Hull | publisher = BBC | work = BBC Sport | date = 24 May 2008 |access-date=24 May 2008}} His goal was estimated to be worth £60 million to the club because of Premier League television rights gained. He had predicted scoring the goal several weeks earlier: "When Phil Brown left me out against Sheffield United this year, I weren't [sic] happy about it. He said to me, 'You will play a major part.' And I said, 'I will score the winning goal to get you in the Premier League.'"{{cite news | first = Stuart | last = James | url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/may/26/championship.hullcity | title=Brown backs his braves to buck the trend as Windass fires Hull to the top | work = The Guardian | date = 26 May 2008 |access-date=28 May 2008 | location=London}}
After the game, Windass offered his man-of-the-match award to Hull assistant manager Brian Horton, the manager who had released him from Hull City as a trainee, but Horton declined to take it. "Brian said he'd told me to prove him wrong, and he said, 'That goal's enough for me.'"
Hull City Council are considering creating a permanent tribute to Windass,{{cite news
| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/7419238.stm
| title= Hull hails its triumphant Tigers
| publisher = BBC
| work = BBC Sport
| date = 26 May 2008
|access-date=28 May 2008}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/Petition-calls-city-honour-Tigers-hero-Dean-Windass-street/article-180747-detail/article.html |title=Petition calls for city to honour Tigers hero Dean Windass with street name |work=Hull Daily Mail |date=28 May 2008 |access-date=28 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530181903/http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/Petition-calls-city-honour-Tigers-hero-Dean-Windass-street/article-180747-detail/article.html |archive-date=30 May 2008 }} who responded modestly when described as a legend: "Nah, I'm not a legend. I don't like that word. People fight for their country, there are soldiers in Iraq. I'm just a footballer who gets paid a lot of money to do what I enjoy."{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/may/25/hullcity.premierleague | title= From bailiffs to big time, a derided city savours its triumph | work = The Guardian| date = 25 May 2008 |access-date=28 May 2008 | location=London | first=Anna | last=Kessel}}
File:Dean Windass 01.jpg in 2009]]
Windass was not selected for Hull's first two games in the Premier League, but after he started and scored in Hull's 2–1 League Cup defeat to Swansea City,{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/7576353.stm
|title=Swansea 2–1 Hull (aet)
|date=26 August 2008
|access-date=30 August 2008
|publisher= BBC
| work = BBC Sport}} he was a second-half substitute in Hull's next league game, as they lost 5–0 to Wigan, for Windass' first Premier League game since leaving Middlesbrough.{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7578446.stm
|title=Hull 0–5 Wigan
|date=30 August 2008
|access-date=30 August 2008
|publisher=BBC
| work = BBC Sport
|first=Russell
|last=Barder}} It was his only action during Hull's start to the season, which saw them take 14 points from their first seven games, leading to Windass being frustrated at his lack of first-team action. After he was left out of the squad to face Everton on 21 September 2008, he held talks with manager Phil Brown,{{cite news
|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/Dean-Windass-set-for-Hull.4526397.jp
|title=Dean Windass set for Hull City showdown
|date=25 September 2008
|access-date=5 October 2008
|newspaper=Yorkshire Post
|first=Richard
|last=Sutcliffe}} following which he vowed to stay and fight for his place.{{cite news
|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/dean-windass-remains-committed-to-hull-city-lqzghbk3z0r
|title=Dean Windass remains committed to Hull City
|date=30 September 2008
|access-date=27 September 2024
|newspaper=The Times | location=London |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |archive-date=27 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927202957/https://www.thetimes.com/article/dean-windass-remains-committed-to-hull-city-lqzghbk3z0r}} Because he was out of the side, his former club Bradford City, now in League Two, and League One club Leeds United both made bids to sign Windass.{{cite news
|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/bradford/BREAKING-NEWS-Hull-City-star.4635804.jp
|title=Hull City star in Leeds United link
|date=28 October 2008
|access-date=28 October 2008
|work= Yorkshire Evening Post
|first=Richard
|last=Sutcliffe}}
In the early hours of 12 November, Windass and teammate Marlon King fought in a casino in Scarborough, with King reported to have headbutted Windass.{{cite news
|url=http://www.scarborougheveningnews.co.uk/news/Dean-Windass-and-Marlon-King.4694331.jp
|title=Dean Windass and Marlon King in casino confrontation
|date=14 November 2008
|access-date=15 November 2008
|work=Scarborough Evening News
|first=Martin
|last=Herron
|archive-date=13 January 2009
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}} In the following days, the club said the argument had been settled internally and both players allowed to stay with Hull.{{cite news|url=http://www.sporthull.co.uk/football/hull_city/tigers_news/displayarticle.php?ID=9550 |title=Horton: Casino fight has been dealt with |date=14 November 2008 |access-date=15 November 2008 |work=Hull Daily Mail |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131102503/http://www.sporthull.co.uk/football/hull_city/tigers_news/displayarticle.php?ID=9550 |archive-date=31 January 2009 }} Windass had to wait till 22 November 2008 to make another Premier League appearance for City, coming on as a substitute against Portsmouth with Hull trailing 2–1. Windass claimed the goal that earned Hull City a draw, with a header from a corner that deflected off defender Noé Pamarot and into the net. This was officially recorded as an own goal at the time, but was later awarded to Windass after a review by the Dubious Goals Committee.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hull_city/7805197.stm|title= Windass is the oldest Hull scorer|date=30 December 2008|publisher=BBC| work = BBC Sport|access-date=30 December 2008}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sporthull.co.uk/football/hull_city/tigers_news/displayarticle.php?ID=9716 |title=Goal to go to dubious goals panel |date=24 November 2008 |work=Hull Daily Mail |access-date=24 November 2008 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} In a radio interview after the game, Windass described the casino incident as a "storm in a teacup".
In the following game, Windass was booked for unsportsmanlike conduct without even playing, after he warmed-up too near opposition player Rory Delap while Delap was taking a throw-in.{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7742081.stm
|title=Stoke 1–1 Hull
|date=29 November 2008
|access-date=30 November 2008
|publisher=BBC
| work = BBC Sport
|first=Ian
|last=Hughes}} He made his first Premier League start for Hull on 26 December 2008 against Manchester City at the City of Manchester Stadium. Hull lost 5–1, in a game in which they received their half-time team talk from manager Phil Brown on the pitch.{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7787560.stm
|title=Man City 5–1 Hull
|date=26 December 2008
|access-date=26 December 2008
|publisher=BBC
| work = BBC Sport
|first=Oliver
|last=Brett}}
Disappointed by his lack of first team opportunities, Windass was allowed to leave Hull, and, on 9 January, he joined Oldham Athletic on loan for the rest of the season.{{cite news|url=http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/Dean-Windass-leaves-Hull-City-join-Oldham-loan/article-602006-detail/article.html |title=Dean Windass leaves Hull City on loan |date=9 January 2009 |access-date=9 January 2009 |work=Hull Daily Mail |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110191145/http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/Dean-Windass-leaves-Hull-City-join-Oldham-loan/article-602006-detail/article.html |archive-date=10 January 2009 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.sporthull.co.uk/football/hull_city/tigers_news/displayarticle.php?ID=10327 |title=Windass: I'm sad to leave Hull City |date=8 January 2009 |access-date=10 January 2009 |work=Hull Daily Mail }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} He was expected to make his debut the following day, but had to wait after Oldham's game with Hartlepool United was postponed and re-arranged for two days later. Windass hit the crossbar before he was substituted in the final minute of the game as his new team won 2–1.{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/7808074.stm
|title=Oldham 2–1 Hartlepool
|date=12 January 2009
|access-date=12 January 2009
|publisher=BBC
| work = BBC Sport}} Following the sending off of regular goalkeeper Greg Fleming in Oldham's game at Leicester City on 7 February, and with no substitute keeper, Windass went in goal and kept a clean sheet for 40 minutes, with the game ending in a 0–0 draw.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_2/7867385.stm| title=Leicester 0–0 Oldham| publisher=BBC | work = BBC Sport| date=7 February 2009| access-date=7 February 2009}} His performance in goal led him to being named as Football League One's goalkeeper of the week.{{cite web |url=http://www.football-league.co.uk/staticFiles/38/31/0,,10794~143672,00.pdf |title=Team Of The Week (09/02/2009) |publisher=The Football League |date=9 February 2009 |access-date=10 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306043200/http://www.football-league.co.uk/staticFiles/38/31/0%2C%2C10794~143672%2C00.pdf |archive-date=6 March 2009 }} On 14 February, Windass scored his first goal for Oldham in a 2–1 victory over Northampton Town—his 200th career league goal, which he celebrated by revealing a T-shirt printed with "200", earning him a yellow card.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_2/7872908.stm| title=Oldham 2–1 Northampton| publisher=BBC| work = BBC Sport| date=14 February 2009| access-date=14 February 2009}}
After playing just ten times for Oldham, Windass declared on his online blog that he wanted to leave, after a disagreement with manager John Sheridan about his lack of involvement in two consecutive games.{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oldham_athletic/7923969.stm
|title=Windass 'not returning to Oldham'
|date=4 March 2009
|access-date=4 March 2009
|publisher=BBC
| work = BBC Sport}} However, he later denied that he was going to walk out on Oldham and was a second-half substitute in their 1–0 defeat to Colchester United the following weekend.{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oldham_athletic/7926447.stm
|title=I am not leaving Oldham – Windass
|date=5 March 2009
|access-date=5 March 2009
|publisher=BBC
| work = BBC Sport}}{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/7910447.stm
|title=Oldham 0–1 Colchester
|date=7 March 2009
|access-date=8 March 2009
|publisher=BBC
| work = BBC Sport}} He eventually returned to Hull on 16 March but was not entitled to play in the Premier League for the rest of the season because of loan rules.{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hull_city/7946618.stm
|title=Windass back at Hull after loan
|date=16 March 2009
|access-date=16 March 2009
|publisher=BBC
| work = BBC Sport}}
On 26 May 2009, it was revealed in the Daily Record that Windass was interested in the vacant manager's position at Aberdeen.[http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/2009/05/26/dean-windass-linked-with-aberdeen-hotseat-86908-21390413/ Dean Windass linked with Aberdeen hotseat]
=Darlington=
Windass was reported to be close to being named as player–assistant manager at Darlington to recently-appointed Colin Todd, whom he had previously played under during his second spell at Bradford City.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/darlington/8078697.stm|title= Windass set for Quakers position|date=2 June 2009|publisher=BBC | work = BBC Sport|access-date=2 June 2009}} He later declared his interest in signing for Port Vale.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/8100828.stm|title= Windass interested in Vale move|date=15 June 2009|publisher=BBC| work = BBC Sport|access-date=15 June 2009}} He completed his move to Darlington as a player–assistant manager on 17 June.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/darlington/8078697.stm|title= Windass completes Darlington move|date=17 June 2009|publisher=BBC| work = BBC Sport|access-date=17 June 2009}} He made his Darlington debut in a 3–1 defeat to Aldershot Town,{{cite news|url=http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/8185736.stm|title=Aldershot 3 – 1 Darlington|date=8 August 2009|publisher=BBC| work = BBC Sport|access-date=12 August 2009}} and a day later he played his Hull City testimonial match against Aberdeen at the KC Stadium.{{cite news|first=Michael |last=Gannon |url=http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1345454/?UserKey= |title=Ifil towers as Dons look at five before Celtic opener |date=10 August 2009 |publisher=Aberdeen Press and Journal |access-date=12 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306040216/http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1345454/?UserKey= |archive-date=6 March 2012 }} Windass and Todd only lasted nine league games in charge at Darlington, before they left the club by mutual consent on 26 September 2009, having failed to win a single league game.{{cite news |url=http://www.thejournal.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/todd-no-quick-quakers-fix-4474510 |title=Todd: There is no quick Quakers fix |first=Mark |last=Douglas |newspaper=The Journal |date=29 September 2009 |access-date=16 August 2016 |archive-date=11 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311115204/http://www.thejournal.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/todd-no-quick-quakers-fix-4474510 |url-status=dead }} He announced his retirement on 19 October 2009.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}
=Barton Town Old Boys=
In August 2010, Windass came out of his retirement to sign for the North Lincolnshire semi-professional side Barton Town, managed by his former teammate Dave Anderson, on a game-by-game deal.{{cite news|url=http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/hullcity/Wembley-hero-Deano-signs-Barton/article-2570178-detail/article.html |title=Wembley hero Deano signs for Barton |date=25 August 2010 |access-date=26 August 2010 |work=This is Hull & East Riding |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100828085203/http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/hullcity/Wembley-hero-Deano-signs-Barton/article-2570178-detail/article.html |archive-date=28 August 2010 }} He scored a hat-trick on his debut against Yorkshire Amateur in a 3–1 win for Barton.{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/bartontownoldboys/?section=clubnews&news_id=168858|title=Windass does the trick for Town|date=30 August 2010|access-date=16 October 2010}}[http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/bartontownoldboys/?section=clubnews&news_id=168858 Barton Town Old Boys FC]
=Scarborough Athletic=
After leaving Barton Town, Windass signed for Scarborough Athletic, a side where his brother-in-law Darren France is assistant manager,{{cite news |url=http://www.scarborougheveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/windass_coup_for_athletic_1_2042379 |title=Windass coup for Athletic |date=15 October 2010 |access-date=15 October 2010 |newspaper=Scarborough Evening News |archive-date=18 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018163622/http://www.scarborougheveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/windass_coup_for_athletic_1_2042379 |url-status=dead }} Initially Sky Sports commitments prevented him from playing for the "Seadogs" and he left, re-signing for the club in October 2011 and making his debut (as a substitute) on 15 October 2011.{{cite news
| title = Windass signs up to face Selby
| url = http://www.scarborougheveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/windass_signs_up_to_face_selby_1_3874482
| work = Scarborough Evening News
| date = 14 October 2011
| access-date = 30 January 2015
| archive-date = 21 October 2011
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111021080204/http://www.scarborougheveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/windass_signs_up_to_face_selby_1_3874482
| url-status = dead
| title = Dean Windass re-signs for Scarborough Athletic
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15310373.stm
| publisher = BBC
| work = BBC Sport
| date = 14 October 2011
}}
Management career
On 21 October 2009, the Grimsby Telegraph reported that Windass had gone on record to state his interest in the vacant manager's post at Grimsby Town, following the dismissal of Mike Newell. He is understood to have applied for the post, stating that his recent retirement as a player was purely coincidental. The local press reported that approximately 25 other applications have been received for the post, including from the club's all-time longest serving player, John McDermott.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportgrimsby.co.uk/grimsbytown/Hull-striker-applying-manager-role/article-1437774-detail/article.html|title=Former Hull striker among many applying for manager role|date=21 October 2009|work=Grimsby Telegraph|access-date=21 October 2009}}
In May 2010, he declared his interest in the vacant manager's job at Shrewsbury Town. He was unsuccessful and followed this up by applying for the vacant position at Hartlepool United in August.{{cite news |url=http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/hufc/ExDarlo-Deano-for-Pools-job.6487355.jp |title=Ex-Darlo Deano for Pools job |date=21 August 2010 |access-date=21 August 2010 |newspaper=Hartlepool Mail |archive-date=24 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824005122/http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/hufc/ExDarlo-Deano-for-Pools-job.6487355.jp |url-status=dead }} In May 2012 he applied for the vacant position at hometown club Hull City, stating he would be open to consider also a job as a coaching staff member.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18005369 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=13 May 2012 |date=9 May 2012 |title=Hull City hero Dean Windass hopes for return to club }} In September 2019 he was appointed manager of East Hull.{{cite news |url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/dean-windass-east-hull-manager-3354356 |title=Hull City legend Dean Windass appointed East Hull FC manager as owner plans to relocate club |first=James |last=Smailes |newspaper=Hull Daily Mail |date=24 September 2019 |access-date=25 August 2020}}
Subsequent career
On 30 January 2015, it was announced by Hull City that Windass would become the Club Ambassador on 2 February, the club's first official appointment to this role.{{cite news
|url = http://www.hullcitytigers.com/news/article/dean-windass-becomes-official-club-ambassador-2235071.aspx
|title = Dean Windass Becomes Official Club Ambassador
|date = 30 January 2015
|work = The Tigers Official Website
|publisher = Hull City A.F.C.
|access-date = 30 January 2015
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150205225932/http://www.hullcitytigers.com/news/article/dean-windass-becomes-official-club-ambassador-2235071.aspx
|archive-date = 5 February 2015
|url-status = dead
}} On 31 December 2020, Windass was inducted into the Hull City Hall of Fame.{{cite news
| url = https://www.wearehullcity.co.uk/news/2020/december/hall_of_fame_windass/
| title = Dean Windass To Be Inducted Into The Hull City Hall Of Fame
| date = 31 December 2020
| publisher = Hull City A.F.C.
| accessdate = 7 May 2023}}
Career statistics
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Honours
North Ferriby United
- Northern Counties East League Presidents Cup: 1990–91{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}
- East Riding Senior Cup: 1990–91{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}
Bradford City
- First Division runner-up: 1998–99{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}
Hull City
- Championship play-offs: 2007–08{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}
Individual
- PFA Team of the Year: 1993–94 Second Division{{cite book |last=Lynch |title=The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes |page=150}}
- Football League One Player of the Month: August 2005{{cite web |title=Windass is named player of month |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/4235428.stm |access-date=16 October 2017}}
References
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